Kerry's Blue Blood a Winner, Say Royal Researchers
Well, here's as good a reason as any other to believe this is Kerry's race to lose, as many pundits have decided of late. According to the article, every winner of the presidency has been the man whose blood is more blue. Whlie this is both stunning and somehow plausible, I have to question it: What about rematches? John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ran against one another twice, with different results in 1796 than in 1800; Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland also waged two battles, with Harrison ousting the incumbent in the first (despite losing the popular vote) and Cleveland returning for a second stint in office after besting Harrison in their second electoral duel. Maybe the study counts only the first winner?
In any case, I find it particularly interesting--albeit completely irrelevant to anything important in the election--that researcher Harold Brooks-Baker says, "Every maternal blood line of Kerry makes him more royal than any previous American president." Also that he's a distant relative of Richard the Lionhearted. Does this mean that Sean Connery (who played Richard in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) will join Kerry on the campaign trail?
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